PART 3 HOW TO COMMUNICATE

TEXT- SONG OF SOLOMON 1:12-2:7

TONIGHT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE WITH MY SERIES OF MESSAGES FROM SONG OF SOLOMON ON THE TOPIC, "HOW TO HAVE A MAGNIFICENT MARRIAGE."

OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN CHAPTER 1:12-2:7 AND THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, "HOW TO COMMUNICATE."

LINGUISTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE BETWEEN 3,000 TO 4,000 LANGUAGES SPOKEN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE ONE SPOKEN BY TEENAGERS.

HAS ANYONE HERE EVER BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD?

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY COMMUNICATION IS SO DIFFICULT?

THE REASON IS BECAUSE WHEN TWO PEOPLE TALK THERE ARE SIX POSSIBLE MESSAGES THAT CAN GET THROUGH.

1. WHAT YOU MEAN TO SAY.
2. WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SAY.
3. WHAT THE OTHER PERSON HEARS.
4. WHAT THE OTHER PERSON THINKS HE HEARS.
5. WHAT THE OTHER PERSON SAYS ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID.
6. WHAT YOU THINK THE OTHER PERSON SAID ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID.

A LADY WAS HAVING AN ELEGANT PARTY AND WANTED TO SERVE MUSHROOMS, BUT WAS A LITTLE UNCERTAIN ABOUT THEM, SO SHE FED SOME TO THE DOG. HE ATE THEM AND EVERYTHING SEEMED ALL RIGHT, SO THE MUSHROOMS WERE PREPARED AND SERVED. DURING THE PARTY THE MAID HURRIED TO THE HOSTESS AND SAID, "THE DOG IS DEAD." THE GUESTS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD THEIR STOMACHS PUMPED. AFTER THE CONFUSION WAS OVER, THE MAID SAID, "THAT CAR SURE DID MESS UP THE DOG."

HERE IN OUR TEXT SOLOMON SHOWS US THAT GOOD COMMUNICATION APPEALS TO ALL FIVE SENSES.

1. IN VERSES 12-14 IT APPEALS TO THE SENSE OF SMELL.
2. IN VERSES 15-17 IT APPEALS TO THE SENSE OF SIGHT.
3. IN CHAPTER 2:1-3 IT APPEALS TO THE SENSE OF TASTE.
4. IN VERSES 4-7 IT APPEALS TO THE SENSE OF TOUCH.
5. AND OF COURSE THE ENTIRE TEXT APPEALS TO THE SENSE OF HEARING.

SO, LET'S LOOK AT FOUR THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO EXPRESS WHEN YOU COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.